Browsing by Author "Hamada, Masatoshi"

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    MIL Cities and MIL Citizens: Informed, Engaged, Empowered by Media and Information Literacy (MIL).
    (Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios - UNIMINUTO, 2022) Grizzle, Alton; Jaakkola, Maarit; Durán-Becerra, Tomás; Arroio, Agnaldo; Audenhove, Leo Van; Ballon, Pieter; Bonami, Beatrice; Brennan, Deborah; Den Broeck, Wendy Van; Browne, Harry; Burton, Patrick; Cabello, Patricio; Ciccone, Michelle; Demeulenaere, Andy; D’Silva, ElsaMarie; Fontefrancesco, Michele Filippo; De Gara, Lisa Jane; Hamada, Masatoshi; Helsper, Ellen; Kanchev, Petar; Kardefelt-Winther, Daniel; Le Voci Sayad, Alexandre; Livingstone, Sonia; Muñoz, Estrella Luna; Machuca, Gerardo; Mariën, Ilse; Mauaie, Clara Cacilda; Olonode, Ayodeji; Perović, Jelena; Stoilova, Mariya; Walravens, Nils; Yu, Ssu-Han; Grizzle, Alton; Jaakkola, Maarit; Durán-Becerra, Tomás
    The UNESCO UNITWIN Cooperation Programme on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue (MILID) is based on an initiative from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC). This Network was created in line with UNESCO’s mission and objectives, as well as the mandate of UNAOC, to serve as a catalyst and facilitator helping to give impetus to innovative projects aimed at reducing polarization among nations and cultures through mutual partnerships. This UNITWIN Network is composed of universities from different geographical areas: Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain), University of the West Indies (Jamaica), Cairo University (Egypt), University of Sao Paulo (Brazil), Temple University (USA), Tsinghua University (China), Moulay Ismail University (Morocco), Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University (Morocco), University of Guadalajara (Mexico), Western University (Canada), University of Gothenburg (Sweden), Sorbonne Nouvelle University (France), Punjabi University, Patiala (India), University of the South Pacific (Fiji), University of South Africa (South Africa), Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Nigeria), Ahmadu Bello University (Nigeria), Lagos State University (Nigeria), University of Jors (Nigeria), University of Calabar (Nigeria), Hosei University (Japan), University of Latvia (Latvia), Moscow Pedagogical State University (Russia), Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios UNIMINUTO (Colombia), Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania), MICA (India), University of Campinas (Brazil). The main objectives of the Network are to foster collaboration among member universities, to build capacity in each of the countries in order to empower them to advance media and information literacy and intercultural dialogue, and to promote freedom of speech, freedom of information and the free flow of ideas and knowledge. Specific objectives include acting as an observatory for the role of media and information literacy (MIL) in promoting civic participation, democracy and development as well as enhancing intercultural and cooperative research on MIL. The programme also aims at promoting global actions related to MIL and intercultural dialogue. In such a context, a MILID Yearbook series is an important initiative. This MILID Yearbook is a result of a collaboration between UNESCO UNITWIN Cooperation Programme on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue, The Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios - UNIMINUTO (Colombia) and the University of Gothenburg (Sweden).
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    Theorizing Media and Information Literacy: Emotional Communication through Art for Young People during Unusual Life Experiences.
    (Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios - UNIMINUTO, 2021) Hamada, Masatoshi; Oyeleye, Kofoworola; Grizzle, Alton; Jaakkola, Maarit; Durán-Becerra, Tomás
    This study applies the new social change theory called Media and Information Literacy Expansion (MILx ), as developed by Grizzle and Hamada (2019), to the UNESCO Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Cities framework (UNESCO, 2019). MILx considers MIL competencies, acquisition, and application by individuals, groups, and institutions simultaneously. MILx also models the potential multiplier outcomes of this approach when MIL is integrated with other social competences. MILX proposes that we cannot reach optimal social value proposition, value enhancement, and value expansion if MIL interventions only focus on individuals. The study also explores the likely positive changes in outcomes when MILX is united with emotional competencies as another variable in the model. Specifically, this paper focuses on MILX incorporating “emotional literacy” (Singh & Duraiappah, 2020) and the interaction that occurs in the selected target group of children and youth, their peers, their families, and the institutions with which they engage. A practical design of MILX demonstrates how MIL can correspond with efforts to counter disinformation and misinformation with deeper changes in mindset (Cinzia et al., 2015). It theorizes how, with MILX, emotional communication through art creates a synergistic effect on individuals, groups, and institutions. Art is widely used for psychological therapy because it can identify relationships between physical and psychological states. We used an art-based research methodology to theorize communication from the individual to society based on empirical analysis. Data from youth and children’s responses to the 2011 tsunami catastrophe area in Ishinomaki, Japan, were analyzed in this context. Further research is required to strengthen the findings to actualize the strong emotional dimensions that exist in people’s engagement in the information ecology toward and beyond the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals